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In bash, is it possible to use an integer variable in the loop control of a for loop?

nov 10 at 21:23 JodieC 967

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Is there a program that can send me a notification e-mail when a process finishes?

shell process email

nov 12 at 20:01 user1678213 116

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How can I split a text file into multiple text files?

text-processing

mar 29 at 4:49 Kiswono Prayogo 170

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Copying a single file to multiple directories using cp

bash shell cp

sep 28 at 5:44 tojrobinson 496

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Creating numerous directories using mkdir

shell directory

sep 24 at 22:39 laebshade 982

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How do I list every file in a directory except those with specified extensions?

grep find ls

sep 5 at 20:52 jw013 15.8k

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Where can I find a list of 'make' error codes?

make error-handling gnu-make

aug 15 '11 at 22:04 Gilles 139k

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Why is vi apparently broken (viminfo error E576), and how can I fix it?

ubuntu vi

jan 4 at 0:15 Kazark 436

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Finding files that use the most disk space

linux ubuntu df

apr 30 '12 at 6:26 XinHua 861

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Extracting a string, according to a pattern, in a bash script

bash shell-script string

feb 4 at 21:22 Stephane Chazelas 29.6k

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Is it possible to compress a very large file (~30 GB) using gzip?

filesystems files compression gzip

jun 3 '12 at 21:30 fromnaboo 927

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On Ubuntu Linux, is it normal for mandb to run continuously (apparently in the background)?

linux ubuntu cpu man cluster

oct 27 at 12:40 Tobu 932

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Is it possible to download extremely large files intelligently or in parts via SSH from Linux to Windows?

linux ssh windows download file-transfer

jul 2 at 7:09 Simon Richter 725

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Is it possible for nohup to write the output both to the file nohup.out AND to the screen/terminal?

bash shell nohup

sep 24 at 22:09 Jhonathan 669

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In a bash script, using the conditional “or” in an “if” statement

bash shell-script

sep 9 at 22:05 Mohsen Pahlevanzadeh 600

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In a bash shell script, writing a for loop that iterates over string values

bash shell-script for

sep 8 at 17:01 Michael Mrozek♦ 23.7k

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Is there a way to redirect nohup output to a log file other than nohup.out?

io-redirection nohup

aug 20 at 22:37 Gilles 139k

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How can I delete all files with a particular extension in a particular folder?

bash shell filesystems directory rm

sep 17 at 20:48 Francesco Turco 443

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Automating textual input from a bash script without using EOF

linux bash shell ubuntu shell-script

jul 8 at 18:56 Gilles 139k

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Why is my PATH not listed in my .bashrc file? [duplicate]

bash path profile

aug 11 '11 at 21:33 frabjous 2,426

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Why does 'make' complain about a missing rule when I try to build a program from source?

compiling make source mpi

aug 11 '11 at 14:16 Noah 436

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Making multiple calls to a program via a bash shell script

bash shell-script

aug 20 at 19:39 derobert 8,322

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Is there a way to determine when a binary was compiled or installed?

bash ubuntu install compiling binary

may 6 '12 at 1:01 mmckinst 2,550

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What is the difference between > and >> (especially as it relates to use with the cat program)?

text-processing io cat file-management

sep 2 at 17:19 Chris Down 20k

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How can I rename all files in the current directory having a particular extension to another extension? [duplicate]

bash ubuntu filesystems directory rename

jul 1 at 17:40 Levon 2,819

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Re-assigning (specifically, incrementing) a variable in a bash script [duplicate]

bash shell-script scripting

jun 30 at 17:47 jw013 15.8k

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